10/26: Komagatoke (Japon):
renewal of weak phreatic activity since the eruption of March 1996. Issued ash up toabout 1.200 m above the crater rim. The eruptive activity
declined with time. There has been no report of injuries or damage caused by the eruption,
and no evacuation order was issued. Volcanologists surveyed the activity from a helicopter
in that afternoon. They reported that the site of eruption is the crater that opened in
the 1929 eruption and is the same crater for the March 1996 eruption. Ash covers an area
around the crater and widely the eastern area of the crater. They said that the scale of
this eruption was smaller than that of the March 1996 eruption. Volcanic tremor for six
minutes was associated with this eruption. Five volcanic earthquakes were recorded in 12
hours following the eruption. Information byJ. Miyamura, Sapporo District, Japan Meteorological
Agency